FEATURE GARDEN 
Where the Sun 
Shines 
o often the question is asked, "What will grow in the 
shade?” that many gardeners must be keenly inter- 
w ested in the answer to this special query. 
< While there are comparatively few plants that 
will bloom in the deep shade, where the sun does 
Semi-Shade 
Loving 
Plants 
not penetrate, yet there are a great many that will 
live only in partial shade. The semi-shade is a gold mine of delight 
for many a Southwestern gardener, especially that spot which re¬ 
ceives approximately three hours, only, of sunlight in the morning, 
for there one may grow successfully certain rare flowers, and also 
many that have been declared unable to be grown in our section. 
Particularly fortunate are those whose soil has been nourished 
by falling oak leaves, which add those necessary chemical quali¬ 
ties that a great group of pi?” 1 ** 
All those cherished, longed 
that have been marked "spe< 
care”, will make this sheltej 
spot a delight—Columbine 
Canterbury Bells, the vari¬ 
ous Erythronium (Dog¬ 
toothed) and Wild Violets, 
Perennial Phlox, Lobelia 
Cardinalis, Foxglove (or 
Digitalis), Hypericum, 
shades, as well as Iris cris- 
tata and Iris pseudacorus, 
those Iris of delicate 
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